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Although health experts say camels are the most likely animal source of the infection for the disease, there is no vaccine or anti-viral treatment against it.

Here are some photographs shared by Twitter users, who declare that no disease will stand between them and their camels.

@aaaa12200 shares this photograph:

Saudis kiss their camels in defiance of a warning that the source of a deadly disease Coronavirus could be from camels. Photograph shared on Twitter by @aaaa12200

And Fahad bin Abdulla declares he will spend the rest of the day with his camel:

Twitter user Fahad bin Abdulla shares this photograph of himself with his camel. Source: @AlHaqbani

Others even went further for a double dose of care in defiance to the relationship between camels and the coronavirus. The following video shows an owner kissing two camels while asking them cough on his face to show that he is not afraid of getting infected from them: